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they had words about who's fault it was that people were still stuck in atlantic city. let's watch that. >> in atlantic city, we are for whatever reason mayor langford urged people to stay in shelters in the city, despite my admonition to evacuate, he gave them comfort for some reason to stay. so for those of you on the barrier islands who decided it was a better way to wait this out and for those elected officials who decided to ignore my admonition, this is now your responsibility. >> there's always going to be that certain few that despite your best efforts are going to do as they see fit anyway and then at the last minute, decide that they should have left. in life, it's better to have options and not need them than to need options and not have them. >> >> this is actually live, let's listen in for a few seconds. >> be responsive for their needs for food, water and cots. four federal disaster medical assistance teams are aiding our state staff shelters. two teams have arrived and two teams are on their way. the county medical reserve corps is action have id and asse
they had words about who's fault it was that people were still stuck in atlantic city. let's watch that. >> in atlantic city, we are for whatever reason mayor langford urged people to stay in shelters in the city, despite my admonition to evacuate, he gave them comfort for some reason to stay. so for those of you on the barrier islands who decided it was a better way to wait this out and for those elected officials who decided to ignore my admonition, this is now your responsibility....
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forbes magazine listed it one of america's 5 most downsized cities in 2009. the huge good morning complex sits empty. but today, there is fresh hope dayton manufacturing can regain its former glory. general election trick, healthcare company abbott laboratories and other major companies have announced they will open factors here they will look different from the assembly lines manned by an army of low-skilled workers. high-tech manufacturing has come to dayton. this is yaskama, used to automate assembly lines. roger christian gave me a tour of their factory floor. >> this is our core product, our welding robot. this is age example of one of the robots we sell. the robots weld the parts and while the robots are welding, the operator is loading the finished parts and reloading the next tour with new parts to be welded again. >> he says the boost of productivity on the factory floor through the use of robots will be a critical factory in bringing more businesses and ultimately more jobs back to america. >> at the same time, the automation is making it easier to
forbes magazine listed it one of america's 5 most downsized cities in 2009. the huge good morning complex sits empty. but today, there is fresh hope dayton manufacturing can regain its former glory. general election trick, healthcare company abbott laboratories and other major companies have announced they will open factors here they will look different from the assembly lines manned by an army of low-skilled workers. high-tech manufacturing has come to dayton. this is yaskama, used to automate...
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the storm has always flooded most of atlantic city sweeping away an entire section of the city's famed board work. and shelters are open across the state. 100 national guard troops are on duty. in north carolina any u.s. coast guard as rescued 14 members of a crew forced to abandon ship off of the carolina coast. in tennessee they are expecting up to 10 inches of show. in chicago the national weather service has issued high wind and flood warnings for tuesday and wednesday. and in wisconsin residents along lake michigan have been advised to evacuation because the waves are expected to reach 14 to 18 feet. now here is what the presidential campaigns have on tap for tomorrow mitt romney has what his campaign is calling a relief event, which is scheduled for tuesday morning in kettering, ohio. president obama is planning to be in washington, d.c. he has no public events listed on his schedule, but we'll be watching for trips to areas that have been hit. a reminder that somebody is always in our "war room." check us out online at current.com/thewarroom, that's also where you can link up to
the storm has always flooded most of atlantic city sweeping away an entire section of the city's famed board work. and shelters are open across the state. 100 national guard troops are on duty. in north carolina any u.s. coast guard as rescued 14 members of a crew forced to abandon ship off of the carolina coast. in tennessee they are expecting up to 10 inches of show. in chicago the national weather service has issued high wind and flood warnings for tuesday and wednesday. and in wisconsin...
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there is still an unacceptsable level of violence in the city. so far this weekend, four people, including two children are dead and at least 26 people have been wounded in weekend shootings. >> now, speaking of the carnage, let me give you the numbers. so far this year 248 people have been killed in chicago. >> that's up 38% from last year. by comparison we have lost less men in afghanistan and new york and l.a. their murder rate is down. something is wrong in chicago. here is some of what rom i am manuel has done. he is the new mayor of chicago, consolidated three police districts and combined police and fire headquarters. could that be part of the issue? we will have that discussion. in order to help me with that discussion, we are going to bring in jeremy with the chicagotrip tribune. let's talk about the different possibilities here obviously, it has something to do with gang warfare. why now as opposed to before? does it have to do with extra guns? is it cutting back on the police? what is it? >> well, cenk, you know, a lot of what has been
there is still an unacceptsable level of violence in the city. so far this weekend, four people, including two children are dead and at least 26 people have been wounded in weekend shootings. >> now, speaking of the carnage, let me give you the numbers. so far this year 248 people have been killed in chicago. >> that's up 38% from last year. by comparison we have lost less men in afghanistan and new york and l.a. their murder rate is down. something is wrong in chicago. here is some...
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i would expect mitt romney would do and probably cleveland and some of the larger cities. the rural area i think would be santorum territory whereas the more urban areas, i think romney will likely do best in. you and i have done a lot regarding manufacturing to our respective states. these candidates opposed the auto bail-out. how does that affect play with the republican primary in ohio? does it matter? is that a factor? >> i think there is a reason why the republican base, especially moderate republicans, are not enthusiastic about either one of these candidates. i don't know how mitt romney can go to youngstown ohio where gm has made major investments where the yruze is being built or to cleveland where ford is bringing back light truck production from mexico to the cleveland area or over to toledo where chrysler is making multiple millions of dollars investments in that area. the supply chain, your great state of michigan is a major producer of cars and trucks. ohio is of auto parts. how can mitt romney come into this state and boast to detroit about saying go bankrup
i would expect mitt romney would do and probably cleveland and some of the larger cities. the rural area i think would be santorum territory whereas the more urban areas, i think romney will likely do best in. you and i have done a lot regarding manufacturing to our respective states. these candidates opposed the auto bail-out. how does that affect play with the republican primary in ohio? does it matter? is that a factor? >> i think there is a reason why the republican base, especially...
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you have the mayor of new york city who stepped forward and said he personally will make a donation to komen to help rally support for the foundation. moderate sensible people understand that planned parenthood is essentially the only healthcare provider in a lot of poor neighborhoods around the country. abortion is a tiny fraction of what planned parenthood does. deciding they shouldn't get mammograms at planned parenthood is a really irresponsible and mean-spirited decision. >> thank you so much for coming on and offering your invites. >> you are welcome. >> just ahead the scientific information that has to do with iq. and now coming up if you think the union bashing has been bad, just wait until you see what they are planning. and the scene was wolf? get it? you will when time marches on. if you think you are misguided, a new survey has remarkable results about republicans and their ability to climax. but instead of getting all excited over groundhog day it's time for us
you have the mayor of new york city who stepped forward and said he personally will make a donation to komen to help rally support for the foundation. moderate sensible people understand that planned parenthood is essentially the only healthcare provider in a lot of poor neighborhoods around the country. abortion is a tiny fraction of what planned parenthood does. deciding they shouldn't get mammograms at planned parenthood is a really irresponsible and mean-spirited decision. >> thank...
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the book actually re-examines president obama's youth and his formative years in new york city and comes up with a few details that he didn't quite spell out so clearly until "dreams for my father." that's number 1. no. 2, you have a white house that images everything messages everything so they don't like something that's out of their control, something that they have no ability to manage. so that's a second possibility that they are really worried about. the third is the fact that these details, while they are not necessarily anything game-changing, it goes against the narrative of him as a very selfless person. it speaks to the fact that even at a young age, he was quite distant, obama was quite distancep distant, was self-contained and was ambitious to the point of knowing exactly where he wanted to go but i submit that it's probably less worrisome for the white house and probably something that will set tongues wagging in the short-term but won't have any long-term effect. >> well, it's very interesting to at least read the excerpts if the most damaging thing is that he said thank y
the book actually re-examines president obama's youth and his formative years in new york city and comes up with a few details that he didn't quite spell out so clearly until "dreams for my father." that's number 1. no. 2, you have a white house that images everything messages everything so they don't like something that's out of their control, something that they have no ability to manage. so that's a second possibility that they are really worried about. the third is the fact that...
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did he a whole day of campaigning here in the city. i asked him why he was here. it was such a critical juncture in the campaign spending time in nashville. and his answer was very frank. he needs to win or do well enough in tennessee to carry momentum in the other southern states and carry the momentum on to the convention. >> one last question, chas. i'm looking forward to the general election. do you think president obama has a chance of winning tennessee in the general? >> i don't think. even in a matchup against romney. well, really, against any conservative candidate he's not going to do well. mccain carried the state by 18 points in 2008. and obama probably doesn't have much chance here. even if there is an anti-romney sentiment here they would come out and vote for rom my. >> thank you for joining us inside "the war room." that is chas specific of the "tennessean." we'll come around the round table and talk about the week that was and get super tuesday predictions. and it seems that brett erlich and herman cain has long been on a coalition course and tonig
did he a whole day of campaigning here in the city. i asked him why he was here. it was such a critical juncture in the campaign spending time in nashville. and his answer was very frank. he needs to win or do well enough in tennessee to carry momentum in the other southern states and carry the momentum on to the convention. >> one last question, chas. i'm looking forward to the general election. do you think president obama has a chance of winning tennessee in the general? >> i...
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now north carolina city after suffering through sandy is thinking, well this thing is so real we've got to start taking precautions to which i say of course! >> experts now wonder if the massive storm surge that flood lower manhattan and washed away parts of the jersey shore could have been solved by sea barriers. now two engineering firms are preparing massive shields like these near the harbor. a wall i lie lies flat in the harbor and then comes up to protect the storm surge. they have them in london and the netherlands operating 4 24 hours a day. >> we have the whole man here, you're the senior science journalist for the "huffington post." okay, we we could put walls up, but shouldn't we go to the source of the problem fossil fuels. >> you have to mitigate the effects because in some respects it is a little too late to reverse this problem. but you also want to work as hard as you can to stop it from getting any worse. we can talk about this kind of two degree celsius problem, and we can get to the technical stuff. but the truth is it's already gotten so bad and even if we stopped pu
now north carolina city after suffering through sandy is thinking, well this thing is so real we've got to start taking precautions to which i say of course! >> experts now wonder if the massive storm surge that flood lower manhattan and washed away parts of the jersey shore could have been solved by sea barriers. now two engineering firms are preparing massive shields like these near the harbor. a wall i lie lies flat in the harbor and then comes up to protect the storm surge. they have...
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he was traded from the oklahoma city thunder over the weekend. the deal he's getting $80 million espn reports over five years. the rockets call him a foundational player that will help them get to the playoffs. >> he's got a lot to live up to there. >> bill: thank you dan. yes, indeed. well, you know, let's start out with the biggest whopper of this campaign. i mean we've seen a lot of big lies coming from the romney campaign. i mean on a lot of different topics right? particularly mitt romney trying to have it both ways or three ways on almost every issue. you never know where he really stands on any issue. the biggest lie of all is this lie in the last couple of days, mitt romney is trying to sell the people of ohio -- it doesn't look like they're buying it. the latest poll shows president obama up five still in ohio. but we know what's going on, right? no doubt about it. president obama is winning ohio. largely because he saved the auto industry and so many -- tens of thousands of jobs in ohio depend on the auto industry. so many families from
he was traded from the oklahoma city thunder over the weekend. the deal he's getting $80 million espn reports over five years. the rockets call him a foundational player that will help them get to the playoffs. >> he's got a lot to live up to there. >> bill: thank you dan. yes, indeed. well, you know, let's start out with the biggest whopper of this campaign. i mean we've seen a lot of big lies coming from the romney campaign. i mean on a lot of different topics right? particularly...
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it's a big county and now new york city, next it to new york city where about 2 million people lost power, manman has about 8% of the state's population and in the last election it went 86% for the president. these are all blue for a reason and they were all hit by hurricane sandy. let me go over to new jersey to essex county new jersey. thousands of people still without power. that county has 9.4% of the state's total pop lair and they went for the president by 76% in 2008. so if they can't vote because of the storm damage we could see a dip nationally on the democratic side in the popular vote. now if you go back to the south and the middle of the country where all of this red is there is an expectation in those red areas that there will be a big turn out, and that could spell trouble for the president's chances at winning the popular vote, even if he does win the electoral college. so what happens up here in this hurricane sandy area could impact significant contactedly. and remember in 2000 al gore won the popular vote by 543,000 votes. so listen up all of you progressives in non-swin
it's a big county and now new york city, next it to new york city where about 2 million people lost power, manman has about 8% of the state's population and in the last election it went 86% for the president. these are all blue for a reason and they were all hit by hurricane sandy. let me go over to new jersey to essex county new jersey. thousands of people still without power. that county has 9.4% of the state's total pop lair and they went for the president by 76% in 2008. so if they can't...
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we all know what happened to trotsky, not wishing you bad luck in mexico city, but almost to that point. the story that homeland has been following occupy, i guess that wouldn't be a surprise if you don't know what an organization is to begin with, but following the twitter feeds. what now? i'm in homeland security's files for hash tag occupy? >> yes probably. >> for other things, too but particularly for that? >> yeah, i mean, it's crazy. this is from michael hastings, my colleague at "rolling stone"." they say they're looking at publicly sources. they're monitoring this, but are they doing this with the tea party or other organizations. the fact that they're monitoring specifically occupy wall street is interesting and important and scary actually. you know, to date we haven't seen that there's been more involved surveillance. they haven't caught them involved in the movement, but we could expect that there is that kind of surveillance out there. everybody who is involved with occupy expects that has happened. >> just because that has happened to every left of center protest group. >>
we all know what happened to trotsky, not wishing you bad luck in mexico city, but almost to that point. the story that homeland has been following occupy, i guess that wouldn't be a surprise if you don't know what an organization is to begin with, but following the twitter feeds. what now? i'm in homeland security's files for hash tag occupy? >> yes probably. >> for other things, too but particularly for that? >> yeah, i mean, it's crazy. this is from michael hastings, my...
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it is a city that was built for two million people. and it now has less than 700,000 people residing there. why? because detroit is the poster child for the deindustrialization of america and the global shift in manufacturing jobs. america has lost more than 50,000 factories this past decade. and no place has been hurt more than the city of detroit. despite the hardships though, many residents remain. some by choice and others maybe because they have nowhere else to go. tonight, i'm so pleased to be joined by rachel grady and heidi ewing, the filmmakers behind detropia. you may have seen their award-winning documentary, the boys of more rocca and jesus camp. heidi and rachel, welcome inside "the war room." >> it is a pleasure to be here, governor. >> thanks a lot. >> jennifer: you bet. so let me start with you rachel. why did you call the film detropia when the utopia part conjures up images of paradise? >> well, we -- it could go either way actually. it could be interpreted as utopia or a distopia. and you know, detroit has the legacy
it is a city that was built for two million people. and it now has less than 700,000 people residing there. why? because detroit is the poster child for the deindustrialization of america and the global shift in manufacturing jobs. america has lost more than 50,000 factories this past decade. and no place has been hurt more than the city of detroit. despite the hardships though, many residents remain. some by choice and others maybe because they have nowhere else to go. tonight, i'm so pleased...
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ben strauss, said the city's extremely vulnerable. three of the top ten highest floods at the battery since 1900 happened in the last two and a half years. if that's not a wake-up call to take this seriously, i don't know what is. back in 2007 quote if we have 1.5 feet of sea level rise, it could sub merge the rock aways coney island, much of the southern brooklyn and queens portions of flushing meadows corona park, queens, lower manhattan, and eastern staten island from the grate kills harbor. guess what, it didn't take a hurricane 3 level hurricane for that to happen. they said this, with an one meter sea level rise the paper found that what is currently a 20-year event by 2100 meaning they're coming quicker and quicker. james hansen at nasa, climate scientist who has been warning us since 1988 at least. look at his testimony in front of congress back then. >> all together this evidence represents a very strong case in my opinion that the greenhouse has been detected and it's changing our climate now. barring a remarkable and improb
ben strauss, said the city's extremely vulnerable. three of the top ten highest floods at the battery since 1900 happened in the last two and a half years. if that's not a wake-up call to take this seriously, i don't know what is. back in 2007 quote if we have 1.5 feet of sea level rise, it could sub merge the rock aways coney island, much of the southern brooklyn and queens portions of flushing meadows corona park, queens, lower manhattan, and eastern staten island from the grate kills harbor....
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citi needed capital. the rest of them had liquidity needs, but they were afraid if they put too many conditions or restrictions the healthy banks wouldn't take it. so if you -- at chase or wells fargo, they still have pretty strong balance sheets and they are saying we are going to make you take this capital, and by the way you have to do x, and z. >> eliot: and then we didn't solve the financial crisis and that has continued to be a huge perhaps more fundamental drag on the economy. >> it has been. and they had more tarp money, so we thought after we did the capital infusions, that there would still be a significant amount of tarp money to do troubled asset relief for the mortgage -- that's what congress thought they were voting for. and we couldn't get the bush administration to move. so when the obama administration came in we thought we can do all of this. and then they did a very timid endorsement. >> eliot: we our conversation is with you the viewer because we're independent. >>here's how you can co
citi needed capital. the rest of them had liquidity needs, but they were afraid if they put too many conditions or restrictions the healthy banks wouldn't take it. so if you -- at chase or wells fargo, they still have pretty strong balance sheets and they are saying we are going to make you take this capital, and by the way you have to do x, and z. >> eliot: and then we didn't solve the financial crisis and that has continued to be a huge perhaps more fundamental drag on the economy....
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. >> president obama in the campaign front in baltimore throw his choice of others cities mention to show how important the swing states of ohio and pennsylvania and michigan will be in november. so for the latest developments in the swing states, we are going to turn to democratic polster at lake research. >> thank you. >> let's hit these swing states. all right? romney is going on a bus. he is going to be going to these states. ohio, pennsylvania iowa michigan and new hampshire of these swing states that he is headed to, which ones are the toss in hopes. >> the real toss-up is ohio. the rest of those states, i think, are all leaning very slightly at least to obama: iowa has had kind of a love afford from obama with the beginning of the primary campaign and iowa has a better economy right now than a lot of the other states in the midwest. so. >> right. >> i think he has an edge there. wisconsin and michigan. >> iowa, wisconsin new hampshire, pennsylvania and ohio all have unemployment rates below the national average. >> that's right. that's right. for minimum, that's a new experien
. >> president obama in the campaign front in baltimore throw his choice of others cities mention to show how important the swing states of ohio and pennsylvania and michigan will be in november. so for the latest developments in the swing states, we are going to turn to democratic polster at lake research. >> thank you. >> let's hit these swing states. all right? romney is going on a bus. he is going to be going to these states. ohio, pennsylvania iowa michigan and new...
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having said that, look, we're the shiny city on the hill. we've had a bipartisan consensus from president truman and president kennedy president johnson. ronald reagan. that we believe in american values and we're going to stand strong for those values. >> jennifer: for sure. and i think everybody wants to do that regardless of which party you're in. you want to stand strong for american values. but mitt romney has been saying and he continues to say that the president has been going around the world apologizing for america's values when people who have checked us out like in "the washington post," politifact said that's a four pinocchio statement. that's an utter lie. the president hasn't gone around the world apologizing. can you give me one example of when the president apologizeed? >> we've seen in cairo and we've seen even in the statement that came out of embassy cairo after the attack that this super uber -- >> jennifer: you think that was an apology for america? >> this super conciliatory approach that if we somehow -- you know, are
having said that, look, we're the shiny city on the hill. we've had a bipartisan consensus from president truman and president kennedy president johnson. ronald reagan. that we believe in american values and we're going to stand strong for those values. >> jennifer: for sure. and i think everybody wants to do that regardless of which party you're in. you want to stand strong for american values. but mitt romney has been saying and he continues to say that the president has been going...
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we had a screening of it in new york city last week. there were a lot of journalists there, a lot of guys who had been doing it for 40, 30, 40 years. and they said, i hope the series deals with the ideals of journalism, that we are trying to fight that fight every day. and there are guys on the area right now doing just that. and i am happy to say the series does. >> well, i recommend to you, there is a book by thomas mann and norm orrinstein called "it's worse than it looks" in which these scholars from the american enterprise institute and brookings institute do an analysis of the news immediatemedia where they find that the false equivalency, the necessity, if one side said one thing, to have a balance on the other side that that has created a movement in the country that has shoved everything to the right, because the folks who are seen as kind of crazy on the right, they have to be given a voice. they have to be presented as though their opinion is equal. i am wondering if your show, you think, will explore that the issue, that you
we had a screening of it in new york city last week. there were a lot of journalists there, a lot of guys who had been doing it for 40, 30, 40 years. and they said, i hope the series deals with the ideals of journalism, that we are trying to fight that fight every day. and there are guys on the area right now doing just that. and i am happy to say the series does. >> well, i recommend to you, there is a book by thomas mann and norm orrinstein called "it's worse than it looks" in...
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, we used our thankyou points to just hang out with a few friends in london. [ male announcer ] the citi thankyou visa card. redeem the points you've earned to travel with no restrictions. rewarding you, every step of the way. [ dennis' voice ] i bet he's got an allstate agent. they can save you up to 30% more by bundling your policies. well his dog's stupid. [ dennis' voice ] poodles are one of the world's smartest breeds. are you in good hands? fruit just got cooler. fruit on one side, cool on the other. new ice breakers duo. a fruity, cool way to break the ice. i can't stand these spots. those spots are actually leftover food and detergent residue that can redeposit on your dishware during the rinse cycle. gross. jet-dry rinse agent helps wash them away so the only thing left behind is the shine. jet-dry rinses away residues for a sparkling shine. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> today, the senate blocked a bill that would have made it a lot harder for big money donors to operate in the shadows. the disclose act to force super p.a.c.s and non-profits to disclose funders within 24 hours. so
, we used our thankyou points to just hang out with a few friends in london. [ male announcer ] the citi thankyou visa card. redeem the points you've earned to travel with no restrictions. rewarding you, every step of the way. [ dennis' voice ] i bet he's got an allstate agent. they can save you up to 30% more by bundling your policies. well his dog's stupid. [ dennis' voice ] poodles are one of the world's smartest breeds. are you in good hands? fruit just got cooler. fruit on one side, cool...
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i think the failure of mayor to evacuate the city -- he admitted this. the failure to do it earlier is what caused the big problems and politically -- i'm give you an example of a political mistake bush made that everybody will recognize. remember the iconic photograph of the president looking down on new orleans from air force i? >> cenk: yep. >> here was the political mistake. that photograph would have been totally acceptable to everybody if he had simply landed the plane in baton rouge. and the failure to do so was a huge political mistake. for me, it was a political mistake because i needed him to send a signal to the cabinet that said whatever brown needs in katrina you give it to him. huge political mistake. >> cenk: were the other cabinet members not cooperative? was that a problem when you were dealing with katrina? >> we found out later, there were huge arguments going on in d.c. between chernoff and donald rumsfeld about how much equipment should i be able to use. how much equipment should i be able to get. think about this, if that debate in
i think the failure of mayor to evacuate the city -- he admitted this. the failure to do it earlier is what caused the big problems and politically -- i'm give you an example of a political mistake bush made that everybody will recognize. remember the iconic photograph of the president looking down on new orleans from air force i? >> cenk: yep. >> here was the political mistake. that photograph would have been totally acceptable to everybody if he had simply landed the plane in...
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in the state -- two cities in the state of texas. houston had a great great press conference going forward. and i just want to show you that business sign that we had up and we had over 50 people that were at the press conference telling people to come out. we did eight sites and we went around to most of those sites allowing people to come, free parking. whole idea is to stand up and refute and rebut that everyone wants to fraudulently vote. that voting is illegitimate as opposed to legitimate and so what we said, purge one register one. and we said we're going to legitimize and make legal the process of voting not with intimidation but with a welcome mat. we're excited about it. you know what else we added eliot, a young people component. we had students from our community colleges like lone star texas southern university and many, many different ethnic and religious groups came out and said we believe in the american way. that's the right to vote. >> eliot: you know, you just say it so well there is such a marked contrast between
in the state -- two cities in the state of texas. houston had a great great press conference going forward. and i just want to show you that business sign that we had up and we had over 50 people that were at the press conference telling people to come out. we did eight sites and we went around to most of those sites allowing people to come, free parking. whole idea is to stand up and refute and rebut that everyone wants to fraudulently vote. that voting is illegitimate as opposed to legitimate...
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. >> i don't think people fully understand in the inner city these kids are making rational choices. i profiled a girl who was like this. a 10 year old girl. the minute she steps out her front doorway, there are drug dealers out there. no economic opportunity. the school is warehousing her. how is she supposed to get out? >> cenk: i talked to him about that and i said do you think anyone is winning the war on drugs. >> you have find a lot of people employed by our system of incarceration, but even in those cases, the people i talk to you can't believe how often they said to me of course i know this isn't working, but until further notice it's the way we are doing things. >> cenk: so why are the forces that propel this obvious failure of society? >> it is the same forces that are propelling the other elements of our lives. we live in a class gap unprecedenteded in human history, and that says an incredibly powerful set of special interests call the shots in this country in every walk of life. >> cenk: who is profitting from the drug war? >> the profiteering arm of what the politicians
. >> i don't think people fully understand in the inner city these kids are making rational choices. i profiled a girl who was like this. a 10 year old girl. the minute she steps out her front doorway, there are drug dealers out there. no economic opportunity. the school is warehousing her. how is she supposed to get out? >> cenk: i talked to him about that and i said do you think anyone is winning the war on drugs. >> you have find a lot of people employed by our system of...
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in this tv ad. >> i had the chance to run the olympics in salt lake city in 2002. i came in and found that we not only had a scandal to deal with, but a financial crisis to deal with. >> jennifer: well, here's how he fixed that financial crisis. here's the secret. federal government did it. the "huffington post" dug up a may 2001 transcript of a senate hearing on those games and romney testified and he said, quote, without question we simply could not host games in salt lake if it were not for the enormous spending and services of the federal government. mitt you mean you didn't build that? turning to the campaign front the battle over romney's unreleasable tax returns is not going away. you know this. a week ago senate minority jeered harry reid said that someone told him that romney did into the pay taxes for ten years. so yesterday debby schultz clined and then they found some not so nice words for senator reid. >> live, i know you may want to go down that road, i'm not going to respond to it dirty liar who hasn't filed a single page of tax returns himself, comp
in this tv ad. >> i had the chance to run the olympics in salt lake city in 2002. i came in and found that we not only had a scandal to deal with, but a financial crisis to deal with. >> jennifer: well, here's how he fixed that financial crisis. here's the secret. federal government did it. the "huffington post" dug up a may 2001 transcript of a senate hearing on those games and romney testified and he said, quote, without question we simply could not host games in salt...
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he told the kansas city star, i feel incredibly remorseful, that i have caused embarrassment to my constituents. here to discuss the political news of the day we have former chief of staff for governor schwarzenegger susan kennedy and democrat strategic paul henderson. >> i have a confession, i went skinny dipping in the sea of of galilee. no members of the can knesset were involved. >> jennifer: you went skinny dipping. >> i guarantee there are no photographs. >> i've been on one of the trips to israel. let me clarify, i have not been skinny dipping. >> jennifer: stop it. i'm already perspiring. i went on one of those trips too, and i went to the sea of galilee, but i never jumped in--i'm choking. i never went skinny dipping. i mean seriously. >> i had a quiet moment. >> it was a very spiritual experience. there was nothing like it, i loved it. >> jennifer: was it after drinking. >> no, no, well, maybe maybe a little. maybe a little alcohol involved. >> jennifer: okay, do. [laughter] >> jennifer: that was 20 years ago. you have a statute of limitation, you pass. >> i think it's still a problem
he told the kansas city star, i feel incredibly remorseful, that i have caused embarrassment to my constituents. here to discuss the political news of the day we have former chief of staff for governor schwarzenegger susan kennedy and democrat strategic paul henderson. >> i have a confession, i went skinny dipping in the sea of of galilee. no members of the can knesset were involved. >> jennifer: you went skinny dipping. >> i guarantee there are no photographs. >> i've...
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he is rightly sort of protective of the city as his domain. i think he's saying look, we're doing what we need to do here. let's not have the upheaval of the fbi and all of the protective services that come in with the president. he doesn't do it out of disrespect. he's doing it out of a desire to keep things moving forward and to say to the world we're making progress. we have a marathon to run on sunday. and literally every day in the city is a marathon right now as we try to get back off our knees. >> jennifer: the flip side of that, it is interesting because chris christie praised the administration and the president's response and then he had this to say about the possibility of mitt romney visiting new jersey. take a listen. >> is there any possibility that governor rogny may go to new jersey to tour some of the damage with you? >> i have no idea nor am i the least bit concerned or interested. i've got a job to do here in new jersey. that's much bigger than presidential politics and i could care less about any of that stuff. i have a job
he is rightly sort of protective of the city as his domain. i think he's saying look, we're doing what we need to do here. let's not have the upheaval of the fbi and all of the protective services that come in with the president. he doesn't do it out of disrespect. he's doing it out of a desire to keep things moving forward and to say to the world we're making progress. we have a marathon to run on sunday. and literally every day in the city is a marathon right now as we try to get back off our...
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. ♪ we built this city! ♪ ♪ we built this city ♪ [ cellphone rings ] ♪ on rock & roll! ♪ falafel. yeah, yeah, i love you too. ♪ don't you remember! ♪ [ orbit trumpet plays ] don't let food hang around. clean it up with orbit! [ ding! ] fabulous! for a good clean feeling... after any meal. eat. drink. chew orbit. >>just refreshing to hear. no other television show does that. we're keeping it real. >> okay. you political junkies, i am totally excited about tomorrow night. former speaker of the house, current house minority leader and one hell of a good democrat, nancy pelosi christine's mom, is going to be right here in the war room. looking forward to that to be able to talk about all sorts of issues. so grateful to you for joining us. we have a lot to cover tonight. we went very fast. i hope you had a good time too. i hope you have a great night. thanks so much. ♪
. ♪ we built this city! ♪ ♪ we built this city ♪ [ cellphone rings ] ♪ on rock & roll! ♪ falafel. yeah, yeah, i love you too. ♪ don't you remember! ♪ [ orbit trumpet plays ] don't let food hang around. clean it up with orbit! [ ding! ] fabulous! for a good clean feeling... after any meal. eat. drink. chew orbit. >>just refreshing to hear. no other television show does that. we're keeping it real. >> okay. you political junkies, i am totally excited about tomorrow...
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you have the mayor of new york city who stepped forward and said he personally will make a donation to komen to help rally support for the foundation. moderate sensible people understand that planned parenthood is essentially the only healthcare provider in a lot of poor neighborhoods around the country. abortion is a tiny fraction of what planned parenthood does. deciding they shouldn't get mammograms at planned parenthood is a really irresponsible and mean-spirited decision. >> thank you so much for coming on and offering your invites. >> you are welcome. >> just ahead the scientific information that has to do with iq. and now >>just refreshing to hear. >>no other television show does that, we're keeping it real. mornin'. i guess i'm helping them save hundreds on car insurance. it probably also doesn't hurt that i'm a world-famous advertising icon. cheers! i mean, who wouldn't want a piece of that? geico. ah... fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent oh dear... or more on car insurance. used to be we socked money away and expected it to grow. then the world changed... and the
you have the mayor of new york city who stepped forward and said he personally will make a donation to komen to help rally support for the foundation. moderate sensible people understand that planned parenthood is essentially the only healthcare provider in a lot of poor neighborhoods around the country. abortion is a tiny fraction of what planned parenthood does. deciding they shouldn't get mammograms at planned parenthood is a really irresponsible and mean-spirited decision. >> thank...
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it may wind up facing more and more contested areas in certain cities but it may hold on because the insurgency afterall is a fairly motley crue of divorce groups that right now are increasingly good at building car bombs but can't hold territory themselves. many in the army still see assad as the lesser of two evils because they fear of what could come about from a sunni insurgency which is what they're facing and many of them, of course are christian. i'm afraid this could get worse before it gets better. different people will come to different conclusions about whether assad's days are numbered. i don't think he can survive the way he has survived in the past. but he may be able to hold on to large chunks of the country and we've gotta persuade russia and china that we're prepared to help the insurgents enough that that will not be possible. >> eliot: an awful lot of questions to follow up in that answer packed full of information. first question, do the bombings in damascus indicate that the insurgents have greater capacity than had been attributed to them and are they changing t
it may wind up facing more and more contested areas in certain cities but it may hold on because the insurgency afterall is a fairly motley crue of divorce groups that right now are increasingly good at building car bombs but can't hold territory themselves. many in the army still see assad as the lesser of two evils because they fear of what could come about from a sunni insurgency which is what they're facing and many of them, of course are christian. i'm afraid this could get worse before it...
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. ♪ we built this city! ♪ don't let food hang around. ♪ on rock & roll! ♪ [ orbit trumpet plays ] clean it up with orbit! [ ding! ] fabulous! for a good clean feeling... eat. drink. chew orbit. you've heard jennifer's views, now let's hear yours. >>the war room needs your help. >>the only online forum with a direct line to jennifer granholm. >>our goal is to bring you behind the scenes with access to stories that you've never seen before. >>politicallydirect.com join the debate now. >> viewers of this show know i am adamant about rebuilding this country's manufacturing base and as governor, i worked to bring in and keep those jobs. this next guest did the same thing. ted strickland ranked number 1 in renew alan and advanced manufacturing projects but thanks to republicans in congress, the accomplishments are in jeopardy. governor strickland is a fellow at harvard's kennedy school of government, coming to us from boston. governor strickland, ted, welcome back to the program. >> jennifer, it is great to be with you. >> it's great to have you on. before i
. ♪ we built this city! ♪ don't let food hang around. ♪ on rock & roll! ♪ [ orbit trumpet plays ] clean it up with orbit! [ ding! ] fabulous! for a good clean feeling... eat. drink. chew orbit. you've heard jennifer's views, now let's hear yours. >>the war room needs your help. >>the only online forum with a direct line to jennifer granholm. >>our goal is to bring you behind the scenes with access to stories that you've never seen before....
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. >> finding mayor tom barrett failed to report as many as 1300 violent crimes in the city. confirming that barrett was not being truthful when he claimed that violent crime was falling in milwaukee. and a prominent criminologist said it raises the question whether the crimes have been properly reported. if he is covering up crimes in milwaukee what else is he hiding hiding. >> cenk: classic attack ads. is it a good idea? conservatives would say it's a good idea because we need to save money for the budget. but it has nothing to do with tom barrett, what else is he wrong? of course, because they wanted to smear him and make the issues about tom barrett rather than scott walker. that's the whole point of these ads. and guess what happened? they have worked. now new poll walker up 50% to 47%. that is a 10- to 14-point swing in the span of a year. why? they inundate the market with giant amounts of political ads, a lot of it, as we showed you coming from out of state, and from billionaires. now, does scott walker do the bidding of those billionaires? you betcha. do you remember
. >> finding mayor tom barrett failed to report as many as 1300 violent crimes in the city. confirming that barrett was not being truthful when he claimed that violent crime was falling in milwaukee. and a prominent criminologist said it raises the question whether the crimes have been properly reported. if he is covering up crimes in milwaukee what else is he hiding hiding. >> cenk: classic attack ads. is it a good idea? conservatives would say it's a good idea because we need to...
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do you think the city is prepared? >> this is burning up the blogs. on the one side, they say it is going to be a platform to raise money for charity to rally behind the city. on the other hand, people are saying why are you diverting precious taxpayer resources the police cleanup crews people trying to deliver much-needed food and water to lower east side and the east village the dead zone. why are you diverting those resources to stage a big event? so it's burning up the blogs. there are people on both sides of this. i have to say from seeing the destruction downtown in particular and at breezy point it strikes me as having a bit of a damp to the city and what people in the city are going through to stage a massive international event that actually runs through central park where people are still taking chainsaws to trees. >> jennifer: it will be interesting to see. obviously mayor bloomberg has his ear to the ground. i appreciate you coming inside "the war room," james and for reporting in such a sensitive way on what is happening in new york and i
do you think the city is prepared? >> this is burning up the blogs. on the one side, they say it is going to be a platform to raise money for charity to rally behind the city. on the other hand, people are saying why are you diverting precious taxpayer resources the police cleanup crews people trying to deliver much-needed food and water to lower east side and the east village the dead zone. why are you diverting those resources to stage a big event? so it's burning up the blogs. there...
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. >> former city councilman turned civil rights activist is a felon of tax evasion and he makes no bones about it. >> i have been strip offed my right to vote and hold public office. now he's fighting to getel felonsget felonsand convicted felons in the lawsuit. he's asking the judge to rule on his argument that the felon disenfranchisement is unconstitutional in virginia. >> so what that means is that every person, even in prison will have their rights restored. >> cenk: so it's an interesting point. finally on the issue of civil rights here. a lot of people argue that our incarceration of african-americans is a new form of jim crow. is this a way of disenfranchising by another name. >> there is no question. i've written a book on this in some length. there is no question. even though african-americans and whites have about the same level of drug use and drug selling overwhelmingly it's african-americans who are prosecutorprosecutorred, who get these long sentences and then when they come out, there is a connection between civil rights and felony disenfranchisement. how can we allow to
. >> former city councilman turned civil rights activist is a felon of tax evasion and he makes no bones about it. >> i have been strip offed my right to vote and hold public office. now he's fighting to getel felonsget felonsand convicted felons in the lawsuit. he's asking the judge to rule on his argument that the felon disenfranchisement is unconstitutional in virginia. >> so what that means is that every person, even in prison will have their rights restored. >>...
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"sex and the city" girl are you? they always said carrie when really they were total mirandas? men have been missing out until these guys showed up! so guys, which romney boy are you? are you a craig romney? craigs are cute and craigs fluency in spanish makes him ethnic. for a romney which puts him somewhere between ivory and light ivory. famous craig romneys include zac efron, justin bieber and peek chu. are you a ben romney? bens don't fit in. the only blonde and he's the only one who instead of going into business became a doctor which in the romney family is considered a huge failure. famous ben romneys include cloweee kardashian, chad loe and john quincy adams' brother stumpy quincy adams who existed. this is josh romney. you may be hotness is so intense it kind of looks like you're plotting to kill someone. josh was great in american psycho. >> what her head would look like on a stick. >> famous josh romneys include kim kardashian, paris hilton and dominique strauss-kahn. then there's matt romney. the boring ro
"sex and the city" girl are you? they always said carrie when really they were total mirandas? men have been missing out until these guys showed up! so guys, which romney boy are you? are you a craig romney? craigs are cute and craigs fluency in spanish makes him ethnic. for a romney which puts him somewhere between ivory and light ivory. famous craig romneys include zac efron, justin bieber and peek chu. are you a ben romney? bens don't fit in. the only blonde and he's the only one...
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substantial flooding throughout new york city, including the brooklyn battery tunnel is now flooded, apparently. so this storm is very serious. that's why i was so angry earlier in the show about the fact that they have done nothing on climate change, unfortunately, for a long, long time. to end the show on a lighter note let's talk about republican hip treasehypocrisy. the king is joe dejarlais. he is pro-life and then we find out he has asked one of his mistresses to get an abortion--oops. and then another mistress came out. >> the pro-life supporter had an affair with a patient a decade ago. after learning she was pregnant urged her to get an abortion. >> and now? >> tennessee's oldest and largest conservative organization is mounting a campaign to force the regular he's nation of scott desjarlais. >> desjarlais is not only a hypocrite but a fraud. >> cenk: the thing that is unethical is he's picking up women while he's a doctor. that's a no-no--well that and the abortion thing. while he's the doctor he's seducing one of his patients. then when they get pregnant he tells them to g
substantial flooding throughout new york city, including the brooklyn battery tunnel is now flooded, apparently. so this storm is very serious. that's why i was so angry earlier in the show about the fact that they have done nothing on climate change, unfortunately, for a long, long time. to end the show on a lighter note let's talk about republican hip treasehypocrisy. the king is joe dejarlais. he is pro-life and then we find out he has asked one of his mistresses to get an abortion--oops....
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then he became a political wunderkind and he's one of the youngest mayors of a major city. can he pull texas back from the grips of the tea party? could he actually move texas to the left? joining me now from austin to talk about what the future holds for these two politicians and for texas is wayne slater the senior political writer for the dallas news. he knows it all. thank you for joining me in "the war room." >> thank you governor. >> jennifer: we have two rising stars emerging on two different ends of the political spectrum. is texas getting more conservative or getting more liberal? >> it's pretty conservative right now. so ted cruz, the tea party darling, does reflect what is in the minds of many republicans and conservatives in texas common sense. some of the crazy stuff that you were talking about is something that many voters in texas especially conservative republican voters think is not so crazy after all. at the same time, texas has a rich history as you know. this is a state that produced ann richards and barbara jordan. although texas is a red state right no
then he became a political wunderkind and he's one of the youngest mayors of a major city. can he pull texas back from the grips of the tea party? could he actually move texas to the left? joining me now from austin to talk about what the future holds for these two politicians and for texas is wayne slater the senior political writer for the dallas news. he knows it all. thank you for joining me in "the war room." >> thank you governor. >> jennifer: we have two rising...